The Difficulty of Obtaining an Abortion in Mississippi Is By Design

Article originally appeared in The Flashpoint on June 4th, 2021.

Renee Bracey Sherman, founder and executive director of abortion testimony group We Testify, told me that she shares Roberts's hope that the court will uphold precedent. She emphasized that the experience of having an abortion is not alien to Americans—nearly one in four people in the US able to have children have had one—and said she hopes the justices will "recognize that everyone loves someone who had an abortion, and that access must remain intact for all of us, forever."